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The Telangana Supreme Court gave the Chief Secretary a six-week ultimatum to file a counter affidavit against a 2015 Public Interest Litigation (PIL). The PIL challenged Government Order (GO) 59, which allowed residents of government lands in urban areas. to regularize encroachment on public land against a fee they had occupied.
The state has avoided filing its counter for the past seven years.
Counsel for the petitioner, Chikkudu Prabhakar, told media that the state had issued two Government Orders (GOs) 58 and 59 for regularization. The court did not challenge GO 58, as it concerned small plots of 1 m² to 250 m² that were inhabited by people. The court had challenged GO 59 for unfairly favoring land grabbers.
The court will collect a nominal fee from those who invaded government land from 251 square meters and above. The JU also allows land grabbers to pay the nominal fees in four installments to regularize the land.
In addition to an excessive delay in filing the appeal with the court, the state-issued injunction, GO MS No. 14, will allow another round of regularization process in February.
He added that a preliminary application had been submitted, which was amended to include the February 2022 JU. The policy of regularization of large land transactions goes against land degradation and land grabbing.
He told media that the state's regularization of government agencies is also contrary to the spirit of several Supreme Court orders.
He said the GOs would only help the land grabs who had occupied government land parcels in urban areas of the city. In addition, it will be contrary to the provisions of the ground ceiling law.
Prabhakar said if the state fails to file a counter in court, the chief secretary will have to appear for the next hearing. The Bench posted the following case on July 20.
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